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Definition of "intrude on" []

  • To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "intrude on" in a sentence
  • "It is stated in a note in O'Meara's journal that "the Emperor was so firmly impressed with the idea that an attempt would be made forcibly to intrude on his privacy, that from a short time after the departure of Sir George Cockburn he always kept four or five pairs of loaded pistols and some swords in his apartment, with which he was determined to despatch the first who entered against his will.""
  • "But she didn't ask to intrude on the two Malorys who were still bachelors."
  • "And here let us drop the curtain, nor intrude on that scene of domestic affliction around the deserted hearth-stone of the bereaved family of General Mason."